I am simply curious if the quantum foam is the hardware on which our consciousness runs and if the brain isn't simply a remotely-controlled computer; same like an SSH session to a powerful server, you know?
Wouldn't the existence of the drugs you mentioned kind of suggest that the brain is the mind, and not a remote controlled shell? Scientists don't ignore these experiences. Some scientists even came to their insights while under the influence of one substance or another. But that doesn't mean there's anything to them other than a straightforward process following the same laws of physics as everything else. Scientists have implanted memories into the brains of lab animals by altering proteins. Optical implants can be used to alter the brains of lab animals. Partial brain damage results in partial loss of function. All that seems to suggest very strongly that the mind is the brain, and the brain is physical.
Agreed. Everything we know right now fully supports what you say.
For the sake of the argument (note I'm not seriously believing the following): if I were to insist on the spiritual nature of our consciousness I'd then say that if the brain is a temporary physical manifestation of it and if it's damaged one way or another, our essence is "trapped" in the brain until we die.
...But quite frankly, that's an awfully long stretch even if one is a big believer.
Wouldn't the existence of the drugs you mentioned kind of suggest that the brain is the mind, and not a remote controlled shell? Scientists don't ignore these experiences. Some scientists even came to their insights while under the influence of one substance or another. But that doesn't mean there's anything to them other than a straightforward process following the same laws of physics as everything else. Scientists have implanted memories into the brains of lab animals by altering proteins. Optical implants can be used to alter the brains of lab animals. Partial brain damage results in partial loss of function. All that seems to suggest very strongly that the mind is the brain, and the brain is physical.